Feb 16, 2021
Tsuruga, Fukui Pref. – It was Manabu Yoneshima s dream to cap his medical career by running in the Tokyo Olympics torch relay, a festive occasion he had been training for during nights and weekends.
Instead Yoneshima has postponed his retirement, and his lifelong goal to run the torch relay has been replaced by feelings of guilt as he and his colleagues battle the resurgent virus. Is it really right that I as someone managing the hospital fighting the novel coronavirus run as a torchbearer and get a nice memory out of it, when everyone else is struggling and putting up with the pandemic? asked Yoneshima, who manages the Municipal Tsuruga Hospital in Fukui Prefecture, 330 kilometers west of Tokyo.
Tokyo 2020 Holds First Meeting of Candidate Selection Committee 02/16/21
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today held the first meeting of its Candidate Selection Committee (Chairperson: Tokyo 2020 Honorary President MITARAI Fujio) to select the next Tokyo 2020 President, the establishment of which was approved at the gathering of Council and Executive Board members on February 12. At today s meeting, based on Chairperson Mitarai s proposal, eight of the committee members discussed the qualities required of a new president, and the following five criteria were agreed upon:
1. Profound knowledge of the Olympics, the Paralympics and sport in general
2. Deep understanding of the principles of the Tokyo 2020 Games and the Olympic Charter, including gender
Tokyo 2020 organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori has announced his resignation on Friday due to protests over his sexist remarks about women last week.
Yoshiro Mori, the president of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, resigned as expected on Friday stemming from remarks he made about women earlier this month.